Cultivator rake.



. WILLIAM N. CARROLL AND JULIUS C. GRIFFIN, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

SPRING-WHEEL.

Application filed April I To all "whom it may concern 'COUHQK-PfDavidson and State of 1 .ing bowing of the spokes to such degreetransverse sectional VlQW on the line to in the following descriptionand i v Be it known that We, TILY*\" CAR- ROLL and JULIUS GRIFFIN, ciZens of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the enuessee, haveinvented certain new and useful 1111-. provenients in Spring-Whecls, ofwhiclithe following is specification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an improved vehiclewheel of that type in which, spring spokes constitute the cushioningelements of the wheel, and the invention aims primarily to disclos anovel means for securing the spokes, at their outer ends, to the tellyof the wheel, whereby they will not, be 1' )le to beorolzen at theirpoint of attachnic 2 to the telly, and splitting of the felly will beprevented V The spokes of tit e wheel are in the form it bowed springs,and it is a further aim. of the invention provide means for preventwouldrend r nilia ole to snap.

For. a-full understanding of the cnticnreference is to he had to the 'i'ellowing scription and. accempa-nying in which Figure l is a VlQW inside elevation of a -vehicle wheel constructed in sccordenee with thepresent invention. Fig. 2 d

n of Fig. 1. Fig. is-a detail perspective View of a portion of one ofthe spo oi wheel.

Corresponding and dram in all the views of the accompany" 43 .mg by thesame reference characters.

In the drawing, the numeral X. indicates the hub of a Wheel which may heof any ordinary form, and 2 the telly of the wheel to which is securedametallic tire formed with anti-skidding studs l. 4

Each spoke oi the wheel consists of spring; leaves, disposed inoverlapped relation and normally bowed, as shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawing. Each of these springleayes is tapered from its. inner to itsouter end, and

the leaves are of different lengths,

that is, the leaves, in the instance of each spoke successi eelyshorter. The longest leaf of each spoke, indicated by the numeral 5,, issecured at its inner end to the hub l, and at its outer end, in amanner'to be presently explained, to the telly 2. The next-longestSpecification of Letters Patent.

the folly the telly is prevented Patented mu -serial No. 23,286.

leaf, indicated by the numeral 8 is also a cured ts inner end tcthchub. 1. and is pr'ovidecl at its outer end with an integral cull Y whichslidahly fits over the leaf 5.

near the outer end. thereof. Ellie-shortest one of the leaves,,indicatedby the numeral 8, is also secured at ts inner end to the hub andprovided at its outer end with an integral cut? 9 which fits over thetwo leaves?) and 6 in the manner clearly shown in)? 1 and 3 of the n Themanner i whim the leaves oi? the spelt. s er hub l is innnater fell yIX, 1-1, the longest Oil:- or the V v which is secured to'tne ll hen diespokes are placed npder COIIIPIQSSlOil the chil T will have a slightsliding-play uncn the leaf and the cull? will in a like 1118121 nor havesimilar movement neon the leaves .1 D is v71 t am? i u an e. ilnon weFools: is gleam-Ll LO such. degree it liable to snag: the culls. T and va] v n we leat and leaves i .5 a and a colt 12 is seem. k l r if; 2outer end of the sa. and ti onnccting portion 10 the respective clip,the side portions 11 of'lie cli s resting againstthe. sides of thetelly, although not directly attached thereto.

It will be readily understood that the cl'p" serve effectually toprevent lire-a e ot'the spoke leaves 5 at the point oi? the. p s

of the bolts 12 theretlirougili and'that by reason of the factthat theclips straddle troin splitting at these points. Also, due to the factportions of t i i o the i bolts or like securing elements pass tions ofthe clips: ening, of the telly at:

, week "the attachment of the cl'gs is ohria I he bolts 12 serving-tsstrengthen the rather than wea {EH P. H. CHASE. GULTIVATOR RAKE.APPLICATION FILED my 31.1910.

Patented July 9, 1912.

